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Tennessee men arrested with 71 largemouths under minimum length limit

Category: News Release

 Jul 27th, 2015 by OutdoorsFIRST 

Modified Jul 27th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

According to News Channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN, Coronado Lopez Vail and Manuel Baltazar Apolonio were arrested and charged with violation of size limit and violation of creel limit after Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officer Marty Griffith responded to a call from a concerned angler. Upon arriving to the scene near Running Water Creek on Lake Nickajack, Officer Griffith saw the two anglers allegedly using an illegal cast net.

But that’s not all he saw.

As Officer Griffith approached the men, he peeked into a bucket near the anglers’ fishing equipment and saw 72 fish, 71 of which were largemouth bass under the 15-inch minimum length limit.